Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping Process and Prepare Environmental Impact Statement; Vistra Operations Company LLC; Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2
| Published date | 22 February 2023 |
| Record Number | 2023-03668 |
| Citation | 88 FR 10940 |
| Court | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| Section | Notices |
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[Docket Nos. 50–445 and 50–446; NRC–
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Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping
Process and Prepare Environmental
Impact Statement; Vistra Operations
Company LLC; Comanche Peak
Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2
AGENCY
: Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION
: Intent to conduct scoping
process and prepare environmental
impact statement; public scoping
meeting, and request for comment.
SUMMARY
: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) will conduct an
extended scoping process to gather
information necessary to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) to
evaluate the environmental impacts for
the proposed license renewal of the
operating licenses for Comanche Peak
Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP), Units 1
and 2. The NRC is seeking stakeholder
input on this action and has scheduled
an additional public scoping meeting
that will take place in Glen Rose, Texas.
DATES
: The NRC will hold a public
scoping meeting on February 23, 2023,
from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. local time. Submit
comments on the scope of the EIS by
March 13, 2023. Comments received
after March 13, 2023, will be considered
if it is practical to do so, but the NRC
is able to ensure consideration only for
comments received on or before this
date. See Section IV, ‘‘Public Scoping
Meeting,’’ of this notice for additional
information.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website.
•Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.nrc.gov and search for
Docket ID NRC–2022–0183. Address
questions about Docket IDs in
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann;
telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy
Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical
questions, contact the individual listed
in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT
section of this document.
•Email comments to:
ComanchePeakEIS@nrc.gov.
•Attend the transcribed public
meeting: February 23, 2023.
•Mail comments to: Office of
Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, ATTN: Program Management,
Announcements and Editing Staff.
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For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: Tam
Tran, Office of Nuclear Material Safety
and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001; telephone: 301–415–3617, email:
Tam.Tran@nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2022–
0183 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information regarding
this document. You may obtain publicly
available information related to this
document by any of the following
methods:
•Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://regulations.gov and search for
Docket ID NRC–2022–0183.
•NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the NRC
Library at https://www.nrc.gov/
readingrm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ‘‘Begin Web-based
ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with
ADAMS, please contact the NRC’s
Public Document Room (PDR) reference
staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737,
or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
The ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced in this document
(if that document is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
a document is referenced.
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or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415–
4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern
time (ET), Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic
comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website (https://
www.regulations.gov). Please include
Docket ID NRC–2022–0183 in your
comment submission to ensure that the
NRC can make your comment
submission available to the public in
this docket. In addition, electronic
comments may be sent by email to the
NRC at ComanchePeakEIS@nrc.gov, and
should be sent no later than March 13,
2023, to be considered in the scoping
process. You may also attend the
transcribed public meeting on February
23, 2023, where comments will be
collected.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
disclosed in your comment submission.
The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment submissions into
ADAMS.
II. Discussion
On October 3, 2022, the NRC received
an application for the renewal of
Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–87
and NPF89, which would authorize
Vistra Operations Company LLC (Vistra,
the applicant) to operate CPNPP, Units
1 and 2 for an additional 20 years of
operation if granted (ADAMS Accession
No. ML22276A082). Vistra’s submission
initiated the NRC’s proposed action:
determining whether to grant or deny
Vistra’s license renewal application for
power reactor operating licenses, which,
if granted, would authorize CPNPP
Units 1 and 2 to operate for an
additional 20 years. The CPNPP units
are pressurized-water reactors designed
by Westinghouse Electric Corporation
and are in Somervell County, Texas.
The current operating license for Unit 1
expires at midnight on February 8, 2030,
and the current operating license for
Unit 2 expires at midnight on February
2, 2033. The license renewal application
was submitted pursuant to part 54 of
title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (10 CFR) and included an
environmental report (ER). A notice of
receipt and availability of the
application was published in the
Federal Register (FR) on October 31,
2022 (87 FR 65617, ML22285A074). A
notice of acceptance for docketing of the
application and opportunity for hearing
regarding the license renewal of the
CPNPP Units 1 and 2 operating licenses
was published on December 1, 2022 (87
FR 73798, ML22297A006) and is
available in Regulations.gov by
searching for Docket ID NRC–2022–
0183.
III. Request for Comments
This notice informs the public of the
NRC’s intention to conduct an extended
environmental scoping to prepare an
EIS related to Vistra’s license renewal
application, and to provide the public
an additional opportunity to participate
in the environmental scoping process,
as defined in 10 CFR 51.29.
The regulations in 36 CFR 800.8,
‘‘Coordination with the National
Environmental Policy Act,’’ allow
agencies to use their National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) process to fulfill the
requirements of Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA). Therefore, pursuant to 36 CFR
800.8(c), the NRC intends to use its
process and documentation for the
preparation of the EIS on the proposed
action to comply with Section 106 of the
NHPA in lieu of the procedures set forth
at 36 CFR 800.3 through 800.6.
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.53(c)
and 10 CFR 54.23, Vistra submitted an
ER as part of the license renewal
application. The ER was prepared
pursuant to 10 CFR part 51 and is
publicly available (ADAMS Accession
No. ML22297A246). The ER may also be
viewed on the NRC public website at
https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/
licensing/renewal/applications.html. In
addition, the license renewal
application, including the ER are
available for public review at the
Somervell County Library, 108 Allen
Dr., Glen Rose, TX 76043 and Hood
County Library, 222 N Travis St.,
Granbury, TX 76048.
As required by 10 CFR 51.95, the NRC
intends to gather the information
necessary to prepare a plant-specific
supplement 60 to the NRC’s NUREG–
1437, ‘‘Generic Environmental Impact
Statement for License Renewal of
Nuclear Plants’’ (ADAMS Package
Accession No. ML13107A023) (GEIS),
related to the application for license
renewal of the CPNPP Units 1 and 2.
This notice is being published in
accordance with NEPA and the NRC’s
regulations found at 10 CFR part 51.
Supplement 60 to the GEIS will
evaluate the environmental impacts of
license renewal for CPNPP Units 1 and
2, and reasonable alternatives thereto.
Possible alternatives to the proposed
action include the no action alternative
and reasonable alternative energy
sources.
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As part of its environmental review
process, the NRC will first conduct
scoping for the supplement 60 to the
GEIS and, as soon as practicable
thereafter, will prepare a draft
supplement 60 to the GEIS for public
comment. Participation in the scoping
process by members of the public and
local, State, Tribal, and Federal
government agencies is encouraged. The
scoping process for the supplement 60
to the GEIS will be used to accomplish
the following:
a. Define the proposed action, which
is to be the subject of the supplement 60
to the GEIS;
b. Determine the scope of the
supplement 60 to the GEIS and identify
the significant issues to be analyzed in
depth;
c. Identify and eliminate from
detailed study those issues that are
peripheral or are not significant; or were
covered by a prior environmental
review;
d. Identify any environmental
assessments and other ElSs that are
being or will be prepared that are
related to, but are not part of, the scope
of the supplement 60 to the GEIS being
considered;
e. Identify other environmental
review and consultation requirements
related to the proposed action;
f. Indicate the relationship between
the timing of the preparation of the
environmental analyses and the NRC’s
tentative planning and decision-making
schedule;
g. Identify any cooperating agencies
and, as appropriate, allocate
assignments for preparation and
schedules for completing the
supplement 60 to the GEIS to the NRC
and any cooperating agencies; and
h. Describe how the supplement 60 to
the GEIS will be prepared, including
any contractor assistance to be used.
The NRC invites the following entities
to participate in scoping:
a. The applicant, Vistra;
b. Any Federal agency that has
jurisdiction by law or special expertise
with respect to any environmental
impact involved or that is authorized to
develop and enforce relevant
environmental standards;
c. Affected State and local
government agencies, including those
authorized to develop and enforce
relevant environmental standards;
d. Any affected Indian Tribe;
e. Any person who requests or has
requested an opportunity to participate
in the scoping process; and
f. Any person who has petitioned or
intends to petition for leave to intervene
under 10 CFR 2.309.
IV. Public Scoping Meeting
In accordance with 10 CFR 51.26(b),
the scoping process for an EIS may
include a public scoping meeting to
help identify significant issues related
to a proposed activity and to determine
the scope of issues to be addressed in an
EIS.
The NRC is announcing that it will
hold an additional public scoping
meeting for the CPNPP Units 1 and 2
license renewal supplement 60 to the
GEIS. A court reporter will record and
transcribe all comments received during
the meeting. To be considered,
comments must be provided either at
the transcribed public meeting or in
writing, as discussed in the
ADDRESSES
section of this document. The date and
time for this additional public scoping
meeting is as follows:
Meeting Date Time Location
Public EIS Scoping .............. Thursday, 2/23/2023 ......... 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., as nec-
essary, local time. Somervell County Expo Center, 202 BO GIBBS
BLVD., W Hwy. 67, Glen Rose, TX 76043.
In addition, the NRC staff will host
informal discussions one hour before
the start of the session at the same
location. The staff will not accept formal
comments on the proposed scope of the
supplement 60 to the GEIS during this
informal discussion.
The public scoping meeting will
include: (1) an overview by the NRC
staff of the environmental and safety
review processes, the proposed scope of
the supplement 60 to the GEIS, and the
proposed review schedule; and (2) the
opportunity for interested government
agencies, organizations, and individuals
to submit comments or suggestions on
environmental issues or the proposed
scope of the CPNPP license renewal
supplement 60 to the GEIS.
Persons interested in attending this
public meeting should monitor the
NRC’s Public Meeting Schedule at
https://www.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg for
additional information and agenda for
the meeting. Please contact Tam Tran no
later than February 22, 2023, if
accommodations, including special
equipment or translation is needed to
attend or to provide comments, so that
the NRC staff can determine whether the
request can be accommodated.
Participation in the scoping process
for the CPNPP license renewal
supplement 60 to the GEIS does not
entitle participants to become parties to
the proceeding to which the supplement
60 to the GEIS relates. Matters related to
participation in any hearing are outside
the scope of matters to be discussed at
this public meeting.
Dated: February 16, 2023.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John M. Moses,
Deputy Director, Division of Rulemaking,
Environment, and Financial Support, Office
of Nuclear Material Safety, and Safeguards.
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